The Fighting Spirit(Closed/Ohkara)

[Celeh]

The two had arrived at Celeh's mountainside cabin some short twenty minutes ago. The time it took Celeh to put her groceries and supplies away gave the both of them time to catch their breath after the long flight from Central City to here. The Saiyan Soldier stepped out of her cabin after getting everything settled and tossed her cloak onto her living room couch before closing the door. "Alright then, Ohakara. If we find a good clearing on the mountainside away from me home, we can start this spar out on foot. We'll move to the sky if it becomes necessary. Sound good?"

Celeh couldn't help but feel quite excited about this. She didn't have her weights on since she didn't intend to hold back at all during this fight. Something told her that, despite being an Earthling, Ohakara could handle her best. She lifted off the ground slowly and flew a little ways down the mountain until she reached a wide, open plateau that jutted out from the side of the mountain. "This looks like as good a spot as any. What do you think? Is it enough space for us to really flex our muscles and get a good workout? I moved down below my house so we don't end up destroying it with an avalanche or something."

[Ohkara Minamaru]

The last twenty minutes drug on as Ohkara waited for what felt like an eternity. Her blood was boiling with excitement, her adrenaline was already pumping. When Celeh finally closed the door behind her, and asked if she was ready, the young, green-haired girl nearly started jumping with excitement; however, she kept her composer and instead gave an affirmative nod. Lifting off into the air, she flew onwards beside the Saiyan, eyes open for the perfect spot.

As quickly as Celeh pointed out the arena, Ohkara landed in it, rolling her shoulders and stretching her neck. Looking up at the girl, she nodded, ”Seem fine to me!” she called back up to her, cupping her hands to her mouth for amplification.

With a smile, she loosened her belt, and removed her yellow training gi top tossing it to the side, revealing a tight, white spaghetti-strap tank top- accented with small bows on the straps, and one center of the low-cut neck, this one a little bit larger, and jet black. It was a beautiful summer day, the sun was shining, and the cool breeze rolled over the plains, whisking the grass down low, ”I can tell this is going to be pretty serious; I don’t want that hot thing keeping me from giving it my all.” she explained aloud, and rhetorically.

Yellow eyes narrowing, the woman would proceed to crouch down low, her right foot leading, ”I’m ready when you are!~” she cooed; then took in and let out a deep breath, her expression shifting to one more serious, ”Remember: I expect you won’t hold anything back.”

::Heavy Weights Active::
:Base:
33,550
:Inner Strength:
134,200
(Outfit Here)

[Celeh]

The soldier couldn't help but smile when she saw Ohkara zoom down to the plateau and immediately start getting herself ready for the fight. It really hammered home the idea that she was very eager for this match, too. Celeh took a deep breath and slowly descended until her feet were planted on the stone platform just like Ohkara's. "If it's all the same to you, I'll just keep my armor on. I feel more comfortable in it than anything else when I'm fighting, anyway." She stated this in response too the young woman taking off her gi to reveal the tank top underneath.

Ohkara got into her fighting stance, and her expression changed to one that said 'Come on'. Celeh smirked at this and nodded, "Alright then, Ohkara. I won't." Celeh raised both arms, palms towards her opponent, and began loosing a volley of energy blasts rapidly at Ohkara. Each of those aquamarine orbs would feel like a punch from the saiyan if they happened to hit, but in truth she wasn't aiming directly at Ohkara. She was aiming at her silhouette, meaning to paint a line around her shape. The final shot came from the index finger of Celeh's right hand, and this blast would be the size of a marble. It was smaller and far faster than the others, allowing it to catch up to them with ease. It struck one of the prior blasts, detonating them both. This explosion set off a chain reaction through almost all of the blasts that would generate a powerful, combined concussive blast that would travel inward toward Ohkara since all the blasts were around her rather than directly in front of her.

Celeh didn't rush forward boldly. This was a strong attack she'd opened up with, but she needed to know just where Ohkara stood in regards to evading or tanking a hit like that. She did hope the method of her attack might catch the girl off guard.

(OOC: Nova Bullet used)

[Ohkara Minamaru]

It took Celeh no time to begin the battle, and the woman came out swinging-so to speak; the woman fired a barrage of ki blast at Ohkara, giving her very little time to react. However the short amount she had would be enough to prepare her legs and jump back in time to avoid. Instead of blocking, or reflecting such blasts, the green-haired woman instinctively chose to dodge them all together. Using the max of her speed and agility the woman would spring and flip to avoid the incoming barrage, her ability to sense ki a big help in managing to avoid blasts.

Soon, however, it would become apparent that avoiding them might not have been such a good idea. As soon as the Saiyan woman fired one last shot from her fingertips, Ohkara could tell something was different: not only was the blast considerably smaller, it’s speed was incredible. As quickly as it was fired it seemed to connect with one of the lingering ki blasts and cause a chain-reaction explosion, catching Ohkara nearly dead-center of it.

”OH FU~” the woman started only to be cut off as the explosion swallowed her. Doing her best to leap backwards, her body was tossed like a rag-doll away from the plateau. There was no doubt that it was a hard hit- matching anything she personally could have dished back. Her body bounced off the hard ground, rolling as she slowed. Already the woman was covered in scrapes and bruises, her clothes battle-worn from such an explosion; however, Ohkara was indeed still in the fight.

Grunting loudly, the woman picked herself off, ”Damn, that was cool!~” she cooed brightly, completely opposite of her dirty-ragged appearance. She was a quick learner, having felt the wrath of such a technique, she’d learn from it. Of course, two could play at that game…

With a smile she’d retake her stance, and barrel forward, rushing the woman at full speed. Feigning a right hook Ohkara would instead leap backwards when she neared the Saiyan, and point her left hand like a gun at the woman, ”Bang!~” she’d exclaim, firing her own, compressed ki bullet. The toxic-green Finger Shot wouldn’t move as quickly as the Saiyan’s Nova Bullet, but it made up with explosive impact.

If all went according to plan Ohkara would be about ten-feet from Celeh as the blast exploded, landing gracefully and retaking her stance- ready to spring back into action as soon as the dust-cleared, much in the same fashion that Celeh had for her.

[Celeh]

Although this was one of Celeh's best tricks, it was not her only trick. The fact that it caught Ohkara off guard likely meant that the younger woman hadn't seen as many battles as Celeh had. It was a crafty move, to be sure, but Celeh was far from the first or the last to think of it. Still, the blast clearly had a good effect on Ohkara. The saiyan couldn't help but snicker at the reaction she had when she recovered from the hit. "I'm glad you think so!" She called out, but only just in time for Ohkara to begin her own return fire...

Celeh wasn't prepared for the blast, but since it wasn't an extreme high speed attack she was able to pull both arms up to try and deflect it. As soon as it collided with her forearm when she tried to bat it away, though, it exploded with impressive force and sent her rocketing backward. She smacked into the stone wall of the cliff side and grunted as the rock fractured behind her. She sat there for just a moment, eyes locked on Ohkara again. "Surely you're not trying to steal my techniques after one shot, are you?" She spoke in a semi-teasing manner, a smirk clearly evident on her face. The soldier pushed off the ground with one hand and raised herself from a kneeling position up to her fighting stance yet again. She began to walk towards Ohkara now, taking a steady, but casual pace. Her attention was all focused on her opponent, and although she walked casually and confidently, she did not want to rush in. She raised one hand and fired off a few more energy blasts. This time, though, she was aiming directly at Ohkara rather than scattering them around her. It was a test to see how she reacted.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

”Steal?!” Ohkara huffed, pretending to sound offended, ”That one is all me, sweetheart!~ she teased playfully; then with a giggle shook her her head. In all honesty, if she saw a decent attack in the heat of battle, an attack that she could see useful, that was indeed exactly what she did: steal it. Of course, there was nothing wrong with that. ”Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all,”

The Saiyan started forwards and rose a hand to fire a few more blasts Ohkara’s way. With a cocky grin Ohkara would once more display an acrobatic approach to dodging. Spinning and twisting she would move around them, advancing forwards herself as to not get caught by any lingerers a second time around. Charging forwards as she twisting around the blast towards the Saiyan, the green-haired girl would cock a left hand back, and send it as soon as she arrived to the woman’s gut. Regardless of hit, or miss Ohkara’s body would recoil back with an aggressive spin and send a hard right knee shooting for the her opponent’s side.

Again her body would recoil with a spin, regardless of hit or miss, and send another low-left hook barreling towards the Saiyan’s body. The melee barrage was sent at nearly the peak of her base-level, and in all honest she hoped the woman would be able to match it; as such, plastered on her face was a playful, bubbly smile- one that left no doubt that she was already having fun. Now she’d hopefully get to test out Celeh’s melee abilities.

[Celeh]

The saiyan was a little impressed with Ohkara's display, whether she stole it just now or come up with it herself. Either way, she certainly knew how to put it to use, and that was enough to get Celeh's interest. Ohkara wasn't just a young, naturally talented fighter. She was skilled and intelligent in how she used her skills. The combination of physical attacks that followed were nothing to scoff at, either. Celeh was smirking as well when that first blow came at her. Celeh was like Ohkara in that she preferred not to take hits directly, even when blocking. However, she had a much more calm and reserved manner of dealing with attacks. Her right foot was lifted slightly and dropped back while her right arm came down from chest level and her forearm deflected the blow. At this same time her body turned away from the punch and into the parry, sending Ohkara's momentum right into the spin that the green haired girl had intended. For Celeh this was normal, though, and she anticipated another rotating attack. As the knee came in, now behind her due to turning her body so, Celeh's knees straightened and she kicked off the ground. With a display of a more acrobatic manner herself, Celeh brought her left knee up during the backfip aiming to hit Ohkara in the chin or jaw, depending on the angle. The flashy backflip knee was as much a distraction as an actual attack, though. As that knee went under the saiyan woman's back and narrowly missed dealing critical damage, her tail unfurled from her waist in a whip-like motion to wrap around the thigh of that attempted knee and use it as a pulley of sorts to jerk Ohkara's bodyweight down and forward into the knee.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

In only a few moments Celeh had proven to Ohkara her worth in melee. Parrying the barrage, the woman narrowly escaped the intended damage, only to dance around the green-haired girl’s moves, and turn herself away. Leaping into the air she fired off her own knee-attack; however she had a hidden weapon that Ohkara had zero experience in fighting against.

As the Saiyan brought her knee up, her furry-brown tail unwrapped from her waist, only to wrap around Ohkara’s leg and pull her in for a connection. There was no time for Ohkara to make a sound as the powerful knee hammered into her chin, causing her head to jerk up violently against the impact. Gritting her teeth Ohkara would fluidly use the transferred momentum from Celeh’s knee into a backflip of her own- legs whipping out violently in attempt to break free from the holding tail.

Raising her hands she’d spring backwards like a gymnast, throwing her body into a spin in the air so when she landed she’d be facing her opponent once more. Sticking the landing with all the grace she could, she’d raise a hand to her sore chin, and wiggle her jaw a bit, ”Damn,” she grunted whisking some blood from the corner of her lips, ”What the hell was that?” she asked, tilting her head to the side a bit, ”I didn’t know you Saiyan could do that!”

Of course, Ohkara had battled plenty of tailed Saiyans, but indeed none had trained the extra appendage into anything combat worthy like Celeh had. To say the green-haired girl was impressed would be an understatement. Still, there would be more time to gawk after the match had been finished.

So, if Celeh allowed her the moment to recoup, Ohkara would retake her stance, and take a deep breath, channeling her ki evenly throughout her body. Suddenly she could feel her senses increase by a moderate amount. Eyes narrowing the young lady would motion for Celeh to advance this time; readying herself for whatever might be thrown her way.

(Perfect Composure Active: 0/4)

[Celeh]

Celeh was pleased with herself after that. Her counter-attack plan had gone off without a hitch. In fact, it went off so well that she couldn't help but wonder if Ohkara knew about the Saiyans' ability to train their tail weakness away. As the green haired woman broke free with her crafty backflip and then commented on the situation, Celeh got her answer. She smirked at Ohkara, but kept her fighting stance. The saiyan had landed back in her own fighting stance after the counter-assault was broken up by Ohkara's flip. "Not all of us can, but those who manage to work out the weakness in their tails...can use it as an additional limb in combat. I haven't gotten to the point of using energy blasts with mine just yet, but that's the next step. The cat is out of the proverbial bag, so I've no issues with telling you that much. You know what to expect now, at least, right? But can you adapt it into your fighting style's defenses so quickly?" The last part was said with more curiosity than condescension. In fact, Celeh seemed eager to test the adaptability of her new friend.

It was time for another classic move of Celeh's. With Ohkara having fully recovered from that staggering blow to the chin, Celeh took a single lunging step forward and then vanished. A fleeting image of her form was left behind where that lunging step had stopped, but the real Celeh had leaped in a high arc forward, and quickly dropped down all the way to her hands and knees at blinding speed in front of Ohkara. If Ohkara blinked for even a moment she'd likely lose sight of the woman. But Celeh wasn't done. She shoved off the ground with both feet, pushing to the right and leaving a second image in front of Ohkara on the ground. While she was zooming back away from Ohkara it was then that Celeh would pop off several blasts at the woman from just a few feet away and follow up with a lunging forward kick while the blasts hopefully distracted her.


OOC: After Image used.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara smiled inwardly at Celeh’s words; to her, these words were taken much more as a friendly challenge, than anything else. Celeh was obviously confident in her abilities, something she had openly shown since their meeting, but Ohkara was the same way. And thankfully, that confidence was something that the green-haired girl could back up with her abilities. She adapted quickly, and had plenty of techniques at her disposal for multiple situations- in fact, she even had a counter for Celeh’s next moves.

The Saiyan woman took a step forwards, only to vanish- Zanoken, or the after image technique, something that the young woman did indeed have experience with. Of course, there was speed behind the skill, but with her increased senses she was quick to pick up on the woman’s actual movement. As Celeh reappeared in front of her Ohkara did not move- an after image didn’t make audible footsteps: something she’d have not been able to track so keenly without the aid of her own technique. Shifting her body the instant she heard the woman’s footsteps to her left, she’d catch sight of quickly-fired blasts headed her way. With barely enough time the young woman would raise her hands and guard her body with her forearms, taking the blunt of the blasts, but allowing her enough time to grab her ankle with both hands as it was sent her way.

Catching the foot, Ohkara’s whole body would hastily pivot on her heels, reeling to her right in a violent spin- aiming to pick her opponent off the ground and fling her in the opposite direction. Releasing the woman after the rotation, Ohkara’s fingers would spread out wide, holding her hands parallel to one another, ”Heeyeeeaaaah!” she’d roar, firing a barrage of ten baseball-sized toxic-green blasts at the woman; this technique was one she dubbed Meteor Barrage, upon contact, the blasts would act somewhat like napalm, sticking to whatever surface they connected with an inflicting far more damage than your basic energy blast.

(Perfect Composure: 1/4 - Physical Counter used.)

[Celeh]

Celeh knew that the technique she was using was quite common, but she did not know that Ohkara had a technique that seemed specifically designed to counter high-speed movement. It only took an instant for her entire attack strategy to be dismantled. Celeh's foot was caught by Ohkara and the woman was sent flying with a quick twist off Ohkara's hips. While she was sailing through the air, a barrage of green blasts rocketed towards her. The only redeeming factor to this was that she was already flying away from the blasts, but she hadn't regained control of her flight path yet. Celeh saw the blasts coming and fired off a couple of Nova Shots to disrupt them. The blast radius of Nova shot was larger than a normal blast, so two or three of the green orbs were caught by each shot. However, they all weren't stopped. Three of the green orbs contacted Celeh's left arm and shoulder. She came to a sliding halt on her feet, but it was a fruitless recovery. The blasts began to burn intensely and scorched her armor and the flesh beneath. "Au-AAAUUUUGH!" Celeh cried out in pain as the scorching energy seared her flesh. it didn't penetrate deeply, but the pain was agonizing enough that she couldn't make any further counterattacks. Through a winced expression she kept her eyes on Ohkara, though. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. She fired a couple of blasts at her arm with her free hand to knock off whatever was left off the energy, but the damage was done and Ohkara had bought herself time for a second attack...

OOC: Nova shotx2

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara winced against Celeh’s cried of pain from her attack; she was aware of the brutality behind such a technique, but to her defense Celeh seemed to have wanted Ohkara to fight without holding back- albeit the weights the Saiyan woman was unware she was wearing. Still, the technique was an effective one, and opened the brunette woman up for a second shot. Kicking off her right foot, Ohkara barreled forward, charging the woman as she dealt with the scorching napalm-like blasts on her arm. With incredible speed, only to perform the same technique the Saiyan had attempted moments earlier: the Zanzoken.

As her after image shot forwards, Ohkara would pivot to the side, jumping over the woman; landing on her left foot behind her, pivoting quickly to fire a harsh rotating kick towards the woman’s open side. If the kick connected, the green-haired girl’s hips would recoil, firing a fast-paced second kick with the other side- using her ability of flight to aid her, her knees would bend hastily, to fire one last mule-kick at the woman’s back.

Of course, such a quickly executed barrage of kicks would be hard for one to pull off- and if countered in any way, would leave the young woman open for just about any kind of retaliation. It was a risky move, but one Ohkara felt confident in using- hopefully Ohkara’s timing was as good as she thought…

(Perfect Composure: 2/4)

Technique Acquired:
After Image -
(Zanzoken)
In this attack the user moves so fast, they leave an image of themselves behind. Thus, it looks like the user is in several places at once, or has made copies of themselves.

[Celeh]

While it's true that Celeh's senses were not as keenly trained as Ohkara's she had heightened adrenaline on her side from the pain coursing through her arm and shoulder. On top of that, she had an innate fighting sense that had been honed over a lifetime of battle, not just training, that gave her an edge. The Zanzoken was a technique common across the galaxy, especially among saiyans both elite and low class. It was not the technique itself that defined one's skill, but how they were able to use it and fight against it at the same time. Ohkara had made a major miscalculation in rushing at Celeh. It wasn't Ohkara herself that Celeh was focused on, but her energy. The after images didn't distract the warrior at all, even though her eyes couldn't fully keep up with the younger fighter's movements. What her eyes did see, though, was the dust on the ground in front of her when Ohkara kicked off to leap behind her.

The way the dust pushed out away from Celeh gave away the direction Ohkara had leaped in, but it only gave her minimal time to react. She didn't know which side her opponent would attack from, so she had to stake her hopes on a counterattack in the direction she expected Ohkara to be. Celeh immediately dove down to the ground, knees tucked under her, and sent both heels rocketing backward in a mule kick much the same way that the green haired young woman had planned to do to her in the next couple of strikes. Celeh's kick wasn't entirely blind, but it wasn't precise enough to do serious damage. All Celeh really needed it to do was to trip Ohkara up and prevent her continued assault. Celeh's arm was still injured, and use of it would be limited. She still had her tail to make up for it if it came down to it, but she hoped it wouldn't.

That aside, if the initial trip attempt managed to knock Ohkara down, Celeh would follow through by kicking off the ground straight up into the air and firing a quick blast barrage down at Ohkara.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Perhaps she had been sloppy with her execution, or maybe she had been cocky in straight-up trying to use someone’s technique against them; whatever the case as the green-haired girl finished her after-image move she was greeted by a low mule-kick instead of a barrage from herself. The kick wasn’t very accurate, but as it shot out from behind the woman it connected with Ohkara’s foot as she kicked over Celeh’s head. Whipping the foot out from under her Ohkara went plummeting to the ground face first; her hands shooting forwards to catch herself.

Celeh sprang forwards, taking to the air to fire a barrage of blasts once more at the green-haired girl. Quickly rolling to her back there was hardly any time to react. Ohkara’s left hand shot to the air, hastily firing a barrage of her own blasts to hopefully destroy the incoming attack. Though it wasn’t the cleanest of tactics, it was all she had time to do, and in the process let some get past her own attacks. They connected harshly, exploding on impact as ki blasts do- shrouding the green-haired girl in a cloud of dust.

Gritting her teeth through the pain, Ohkara did her best to push the pain from the blasts that connected aside. Taking to her feet at the center of the cloud of dust, the green-haired girl took a moment to collect herself. It seemed that blast barrages were a reoccurring theme in this battle. They wouldn’t have been easily deflected had she brought her umbrella, but for some reason, in a stroke of stupidity she had forgotten her favorite bright-yellow accessory at home. The sudden thought sprang forth an idea, causing the young woman to grin slyly.

Kicking her feet against the ground, Ohkara darted forwards- Celeh would see her burst forth from the cloud of dust, headed towards the right edge of the plateau. Raising a hasty hand to the air, palm pointed at Celeh, the woman would fire another barrage of toxic-green blasts at her; however, these blasts were only meant to be a distraction. Jumping as she reached the edge, she would plummet towards the lush forest below, falling through the treetops and vanishing inside the greenery.

Taking carefully aim at a straight tree branch, Ohkara would give it a hardy karate-chop, servering the limb from the tree trunk. Quickly knocking off the branches, she would create a make-shift staff from the wood- of course, it wouldn’t be threatening to Celeh, with the aid of a special technique, it would be just was Ohkara needed to help fend off those nasty blasts the Saiyan kept firing.

Slipping the stick into her cyan waist-band, Ohkara was curious to see if Celeh would follow her- so with careful concentration the woman suppressed her energy signature, slipped behind a few bushes, and took a few moments to recuperate from the last attack she’d taken.

(Perfect Composure: 3/4)

[Celeh]

Celeh's barrage of blasts as she put distance between herself and Ohkara was met by a barrage of Ohkara's energy in turn. The split second counterattack from Ohkara didn't completely shut down Celeh's attack, but it did enough to blunt the attack so that Ohkara hadn't taken any serious damage. Celeh was floating in the air  taking a breather as the green haired woman darted out of the cloud of smoke created by her blasts and dove off the edge of the plateau. Unfortunately Celeh wasn't able to rush after her due to having to avoid another burst of energy blasts that Ohkara let loose to cover her retreat. Celeh zig-zagged back and forth through the air while trying to keep pace with her, but the younger woman managed to disappear into the lush forest below before the saiyan soldier could catch up.

Her eyes narrowed on the part of the trees that her opponent had vanished  into, and she began to focus her senses. It was difficult  to focus fully with her arm hurting the way it was, but she tried regardless. It seemed as though Ohkara was busy licking her proverbial wounds, as she didn't pop up out of the woods to attack any time soon. Celeh gritted her teeth and raised her injured arm. She pointed it at the cluster of Trees where Ohkara had entered the cover of the treeline and popped off a couple of Nova shots. This was less an attack on Ohkara and more of a test to see just how far she could push her injured arm...it would be a nice surprise attack for Ohkara if they got into close quarters combat once again. The first nova shot was shaky, but the focus she put into it allowed it to maintain its compacted shape until it hit the top of the trees, where it blew down a few treetops. The second shot took more effort, and it exploded just above the trees, having little effect aside from whatever mild intimidation factor it might have. She lowered her injured arm and breathed deeply to try and suppress the pain and relax.

"I never pegged you for the sort to run and hide, Ohkara! Especially not when you had the upper hand just a few moments ago!"


OOC: Nova Shot)